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Fifty State Measures of Progress Report Now Available

To provide insight into how the Fifty States Intiative has improved
coordination on geospatial matters, and thereby impacted the growth of
the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), this report analyzes
quantitatively and qualitatively how the Fifty State grants benefited
state government geospatial activities. Four analyses applied in
this report are: 1) analyses of the nine criteria for successful
geospatial coordination from the National States Geographic Information
Council (NSGIC) Survey, 2) analyses of five questions from the NSGIC
Survey selected by the analysis team based on those question being
indicators of the level of success in coordination, 3) survey responses
from federal employees concerning the effectiveness of Fifty States
Initiative grants in improving state geospatial coordination, and 4) a
qualitative assessment of changes in the effectiveness of state
coordination efforts based on five case studies of states that have
received grants. The Federal Employee Survey and qualitative
assessment provided strong evidence that grants have been effective and
useful for states.